"It doesn't have to be monetary. It just has to be that the other person knows you thought about them," said Ferguson on Newsradio 620 WTMJ's "Wisconsin's Morning News."

She told our Gene Mueller that successful relationships involve people who think more about their partners than themselves.

She admits, though, that it is constant work.

"Refocusing your relationship every day helps keep it going well, keep growing. As long as you're serving the other person, that's going to make everybody happy."

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